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FENCE ROD. 'N0.2 99,0'72.' Patented May 20, 1884.

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WILLIAM G. HOWELL, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALFTO BERNARD O. LAUTH, OF SAME ILAOE.

FENCE- -ROD.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 299,072, dated May 20,1884.

Application filed February 4, 1884. (ModelJ T0 at whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, WILLIAM G. HOWELL, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, have invented a certainImproved Fence Rod or Strip, of which the following is a specification.

My improved fence-rod consists of a rolled strip of iron or steel havingat intervals thin and flat fin-like roll-finished projections, formingintegral parts of the said strip, and extending from the middle portionthereof, as described and claimed hereinafter, the im' proved rod beingcheaper than and quite as efficient as ordinary barbed wires.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is an exaggerated perspectiveView of a rolled bar having crude projections on one side only in thepresent instance; Fig. 2, an exaggerated perspective view of thefinished fence rod or strip; Fig. 3, a view of the rod with projectionson both sides, and Fig. 4 a view of the rod Fig. 3 as it appears whentwisted.

The bar A, Fig. 1, with its crude projections a, is made by rolling,preferably in the manner fully described in a separate application for apatent filed by me February 4, 1884, Serial No. 119,736. To convert thisbar A into the finished fence-rod, it is passed between rolls,whichflatten the crude projections and reduce them to thecondition of thethin fin-like projections a, (shown in Fig. 2,) this operation beingalso described in the said application for a patent. These fin-likeroll-finisheclproj ections, which form integral parts of the rod, haveedges sharp enough slightly to wound cows or horses which may attempt tobreak through or leap over a fence of which the rod may form a part. Theprojections extend from the middle portion of the rod-that is to say,they are away from the edges of the said" rod, and extend from the bodyof the same at points between the edges.

It should be stated here that I do not claim to be the first to make afence-rod with projections or barbs which constitute integral parts ofthe rod, for sharp-pointed barbs have been made by first rolling webs orprojections on the rod, and then so cutting these webs or projectionsthat portions thereof could be bent to form the desired barbs. It hasalso been proposed to form sharp-pointed barbs on rods by the process ofrolling.

The distinctive feature of my invention is the peculiar character of theprojections, which, instead of being sharp-pointed,are thin and fin-likeand roll-finished, have comparatively sharp edges, are made withoutcutting or bending, and extend from the middle portion of the rod.

If desired, the rod Fig. 2 may be twisted.

In Fig. 3 the fence-rod has fin-like roll-finished projections a onopposite sides, and this rod also may be twisted in the manner shown inFig. 4.

The process of making the rod and its proj ections is disclaimed in thisapplication, as it is claimed in an application filed by me February 4,1884, Serial No.119,786.

I claim as my invention- 1. As a new manufacture, the within-describedfence rod, the same consisting of a rolled strip of iron or steel havingat intervals flattened rollfinished sharpeclged fin-like projectionsa,formingintegral parts of the rod, and extending from the middleportion of the same, as set forth.

2. The within-described twisted fence-rod, the same consisting of arolled and twisted strip of iron or steel having at intervals fiat--tened, roll-finished, sharp-edged, and fin-like projections extendingfrom the middle portion of the rod, and forming integral parts of thesame, as described.

In testimony whereof Ihavesigned my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

' WILLIAM G. HOXVELL.

Witnesses:

J OHN M. CLAYTON, HARRY SMITH.

